Saudi officials have announced that they have evidence directly linking 18 people arrested last week on espionage charges to Iranian intelligence services. Among those arrested were 16 Saudis, an Iranian, and a Lebanese. The public declaration – even more than the capture itself – is bound to increase tensions between...

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The parliament of Bahrain has passed legislation declaring that Hezbollah is a terror group and is calling on both the country’s Foreign Ministry and on Bahrain’s Gulf allies to do the same. The move comes as the death toll in Bahrain’s two-year uprising — which the country accuses Iran of helping...

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Unconfirmed reports from Syrian rebels indicate that they may have successfully struck an Iranian airplane that was attempting to land at the Damascus airport and deliver arms to the Bashar al-Assad regime. Reuters recently reported that Iran has “significantly stepped up” military assistance to Syrian army. The main weapons routes...

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Barack Obama has traveled a long way over the past four years in his Middle East policy. In other words: The Mideast has traveled a long way since the president took office. The tête-à-tête vis-à-vis Israel has now become hugs and kisses, and Obama is gradually bidding adieu to his...

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President Obama spoke to a crowd of Israeli students earlier today in what the New York Times described as “an enthusiastically welcomed speech.” The president laid out the case for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – a stance supported by an overwhelming majority of the Israeli public and...

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Iran’s regime-linked Mehr News Agency is blaming Pope Benedict XIV’s resignation on “Zionists.” Iran has in recent years blamed Zionists for homosexuality, the drug trade, film, and the Olympic logo — and more seriously for fabricating evidence that Iran had sought to murder the Saudi ambassador to the U.S. on American...

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Fifty-six members of the House of Representatives sent a letter this week to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and Secretary of State John Kerry urging them to take action against Iranian efforts to reflag its vessels, a tactic that Tehran uses to disguise the origin of ships it uses to transport illicit...

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A network of spy stations is transmitting information from Lebanon to Iran, according to a report in the Saudi daily Al-Watan [Arabic]. In the report, journalist Fatima Houhou writes that information passed on to Tehran includes video, phone, and electronic data. Houhou goes on to suggest that the information is...

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The Iranian government is broadening its efforts to censor and control access to the Internet as the country approaches its June elections. Wired reports that last week the head of Iran’s Information and Communications Technology Committee, Ramezanali Sobhani-Fard, announced to the public that the regime would be cracking down on Virtual Private...

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Saudi Arabia is blasting Iran for using negotiations to stall for time while Tehran advances its atomic program, echoing recent statements made by U.S., E.U, and U.N. diplomats, Israeli officials, the head of the IAEA, and top U.S. military officials. Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal made the point while hosting his...

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